Women's History Month Podcasts
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February 24, 2023 • 62 mins
Hillary has always drawn inspiration from the “gutsy women” around her -- she and Chelsea even wrote a book about them. On today’s episode, we hear from two women who have defied expectations, overcome obstacles, and made some history along the way. First, Hillary speaks with Grammy-nominated singer and award-winning actor Andra Day. For the new film The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Andra immersed herself in the life of a woma...
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February 24, 2023 • 40 mins
Bobbi and Anjali are joined by living legend and activist Gloria Steinem to discuss Gloria's storied career and what's important to her now.
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February 24, 2023 • 12 mins
Born in 1815, Ada Byron was the only legitimate child of the famous poet Lord Byron.
Unlike her famous father, Ada did not pursue a literary career. Guided by her mother, she took a diametrically different path studying math and logic.
At the age of 17, she had a chance encounter with Charles Babbage, who was designing the world’s first mechanical computer. It was the beginning of a groundbreaking collaboration that would only be un...
Unlike her famous father, Ada did not pursue a literary career. Guided by her mother, she took a diametrically different path studying math and logic.
At the age of 17, she had a chance encounter with Charles Babbage, who was designing the world’s first mechanical computer. It was the beginning of a groundbreaking collaboration that would only be un...
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February 24, 2023 • 51 mins
Chiquis welcomes on-air personality Evelyn Sicairos to discuss having children at a later age, the many forms of postpartum depression and what it all means in our Latino culture. Evelyn explains the pressure she felt to start a family at an early age, why she waited to have her son and why she went to therapy to break the news of her pregnancy to her parents. Evelyn and Chiquis also chat about juggling career, family and why getti...
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February 24, 2023 • 34 mins
With a librarian mother and a physician father, YY was brought up in a supportive, educated, and prosperous Black enclave of Louisville, Kentucky. Her parents nurtured her knack for engineering. She got her start as a young child when she repaired the family toaster. An early introduction to a Black pilot group inspired her to fly planes, and she applied to the University of Louisville, where she hoped to study engineering and even...
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February 24, 2023 • 72 mins
Pocahontas did save lives... just not the way (or the one) that you've been taught. For both Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving, we revisit this 2017 episode to tell her real, not Disneyfied, story.
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February 24, 2023 • 44 mins
She was not a shy spinster who wrote some little books mostly to amuse her own family. She also was not a real-life Elizabeth Bennett. Jane Austen's life was very different from any of her heroines. Here's a link to our show notes.
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February 24, 2023 • 13 mins
Neha Wadekar, Associate Producer of Kabul Falling, speaks with two Afghan women on their ongoing work in media – and the extreme dangers journalists face as they continue to report under the Taliban’s regime.
In this exclusive audio interview, Rukshana Media founder Zahra Joya talks about setting up the women-focused publication, and shares her own story of escaping Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. Shirin Yusofi, a Kabul-...
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February 24, 2023 • 54 mins
Join Las Locatoras, Mala y Diosa, as they revisit a listener favorite from 2017, Femme Tech.
Due to historical restrictions placed on our educational and professional opportunities as women and femmes of color, our tech related genius has been redirected into more accessible forms of creation and expression such as makeup, hair, nails, weaving, sewing, cooking, etc. Tune in and hear Las Locatoras discuss creative, traditional, and ...
Due to historical restrictions placed on our educational and professional opportunities as women and femmes of color, our tech related genius has been redirected into more accessible forms of creation and expression such as makeup, hair, nails, weaving, sewing, cooking, etc. Tune in and hear Las Locatoras discuss creative, traditional, and ...
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Join Las Locatoras, Mala y Diosa, as they revisit a listener favorite from 2017, Femme Tech.
Due to historical restrictions placed on our educational and professional opportunities as women and femmes of color, our tech related genius has been redirected into more accessible forms of creation and expression such as makeup, hair, nails, weaving, sewing, cooking, etc. Tune in and hear Las Locatoras discuss creative, traditional, and ...
Due to historical restrictions placed on our educational and professional opportunities as women and femmes of color, our tech related genius has been redirected into more accessible forms of creation and expression such as makeup, hair, nails, weaving, sewing, cooking, etc. Tune in and hear Las Locatoras discuss creative, traditional, and ...
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February 24, 2023 • 37 mins
This week the Poetry Foundation awarded Nikki Giovanni the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize to recognize her lifetime achievements. Giovanni burst on the literary scene in 1968 with her first book of poetry, Black Feeling Black Talk. Since then, she’s published in every genre, collecting countless honors along the way. We revisit this 2021 conversation with the writer who is still teaching and inspiring others today.
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February 24, 2023 • 38 mins
Yves joins us to highlight the pioneering work of Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black American woman to get a medical degree in the U.S.
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February 24, 2023 • 23 mins
A chador garment worn by some Muslim women is usually black. Not Anida Yoeu Ali's. Her chador is red and sparkly. As a performance artist, Anida created the glittery chador to embody her Muslim identity and confront Islamophobia. The red chador invited reactions of curiosity, spectacle, fear, respect, anger and gratitude from strangers on the streets of Paris, Seattle, DC, and Palestine. In this episode we explore Anida’s identity ...
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February 24, 2023 • 50 mins
"One of the greatest rulers to have ever lived" - Tom Holland. But how much do you know about Hatshepsut? And how did she propel herself from regent to become one of the most revered rulers of all time?
*The Rest Is History Live Tour April 2023*:
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February 24, 2023 • 41 mins
Bestselling author Angela Garbes (Essential Labor: Mothering As Social Change, Like a Mother) and Brooke discuss how the pandemic created a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to rethink the ways in which we value domestic work. The two share why they’ve embraced leaning on others to help raise their own children, the ways their own mothers influenced their parenting styles, and why changing how we care for ourselves and our lo...
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February 24, 2023 • 34 mins
Sometimes, and it happens with all scurvy sea dogs, male or female, there just isn't enough evidence left behind to know for certain that a person was a real part of history, or if they're just a fictional composite of several people. And because of that, there are just four confirmed female pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy – and one on that list is marginal.
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February 24, 2023 • 44 mins
Comedian, writer, activist and star of HBO’s comedy special, Fighting Words, Aida Rodriguez joins Amara to celebrate Women’s History Month. The longtime friends open up about Afro Latinidad, their absent fathers, and the women that have inspired them, including the female icons that motivated them to get to where they are today.
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February 24, 2023 • 28 mins
This week, Chelsea is sitting down with award winning singer, songwriter, actress, and producer Kelly Rowland. They talk about Kelly’s early inspirations and growing up as a performer, the still male dominated music industry, motherhood, writing and what’s next in terms of achieving equity - in entertainment and beyond.
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February 24, 2023 • 62 mins
Marie Curie discovered two elements and radioactivity while enduring deep clinical depressions, even as the sexism of the time tried to deny her the 2 nobel prizes she won.
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February 24, 2023 • 6 mins
Elizabeth Packard (1816-1897) fought for her own freedom after her husband forced her into a mental institution for expressing her religious beliefs. Her experiences inspired her to dedicate her life to advocating for the rights of mental health patients and married women.
You’re probably familiar with rebels without a cause, but what about rebels with a cause? This month on Womanica, we’re talking about women who broke rules that w...
You’re probably familiar with rebels without a cause, but what about rebels with a cause? This month on Womanica, we’re talking about women who broke rules that w...
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